The Maine Turnpike Authority has proposed a $26 million toll increase, largely to continue paying down debt associated with a massive widening project on Interstate 95 from several years ago, Director Peter Mills announced Friday.
June 2012
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Two Hinck claims fail truth test
“General Electric is paying nothing in taxes right now.”
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SNAPSHOT: Spuds in space
Classmates cover their ears as Robert Shaw fires his potato launcher that he and his father Chris Shaw built for the Ruby Team Science Fair and Invention Convention on Friday at Maranacook Middle School in Readfield.
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Fayette child gets wish granted
FAYETTE — Abigail Hodgkins, 11, of Fayette, recently got her wish to visit Caribbean vacation destination Belize through UnitedHealthcare and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Szela graduates from Harvard Medical School
BOSTON — Craig Thomas Szela graduated from Harvard Medical School on May 24.
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Local college students honored
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Megan Percy of Dresden, Maine, recently graduated from Champlain College with a bachelor’s degree in computer and digital forensics.
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Chu sisters graduate, receive awards
Twin sisters Briana Chu and Alexa Chu, 2008 graduates of Winthrop High School, have graduated and received awards from their respective universities.
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Monmouth Academy Decathlon Team finishes fifth in nation
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Academy Academic Decathlon Team, champion in the small school division in the State Academic Decathlon Championship held in March, recently placed fifth in an on-line competition against 18 other small school state champions.
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St. Michael student places third in Civic Oration Contest
AUGUSTA — Jacob Hickey, a seventh-grade student at St. Michael School, placed third in the State Civic Oration Contest sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America.